Spot-winged Antbird (Myrmelastes leucostigma) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestCup nestSmall · 26 g

Spot-winged Antbird (Myrmelastes leucostigma), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Ryan F. Mandelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spot-winged Antbird (Myrmelastes leucostigma), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Kathy Richardson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spot-winged Antbird (Myrmelastes leucostigma), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Zac Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spot-winged Antbird (Myrmelastes leucostigma), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Zac Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Spot-winged Antbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Spot-winged Antbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: 'Gareno (Guaponi) Lodge', Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Ole Jakobsen · Call · Orellana: Añangu, s-bank Río Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Orellana: Añangu, s-bank Río Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The spot-winged antbird is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 20 to 28.5 g (0.71 to 1.0 oz). Males of the nominate subspecies M. l. leucostigma have dark gray upperparts. Their wings and tail are blackish gray with wide white tips on the wing coverts. Their face, throat, and underparts are pale gray to gray; their sides and belly are the darker parts. Females have a dark gray crown and dark cinnamon-brown upperparts. Their wings and tail are blackish brown with pale cinnamon-rufous tips on the wing coverts. Their face is gray. Voice: Subspecies M. l. intensus of the spot-winged antbird sings "a rapid, fairly even-paced series of ringing notes: pi'i'i'i'i'i'I'I'I'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i". The song's pitch and pace slightly decrease at the end. The other subspecies' songs are similar, mostly differing in how much the song's end changes.

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When to see the Spot-winged Antbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Spot-winged Antbird

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Brazil Guyana French Guiana Venezuela Suriname

Recorded as a rare visitor in Bolivia.

About the Spot-winged Antbird

The spot-winged antbird is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Plumbeous AntbirdMyrmelastes hyperythrusThe plumbeous antbird is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 38 to 44 g (1.3 to 1.6 oz). Rufous-faced AntbirdMyrmelastes rufifaciesThe rufous-faced antbird is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 21 to 26 g (0.74 to 0.92 oz). Slate-colored AntbirdMyrmelastes schistaceusThe slate-colored antbird is 14.5 to 15.5 cm (5.7 to 6.1 in) long and weighs 19 to 28.5 g (0.67 to 1.0 oz).

Side by side: Plumbeous Antbird vs Spot-winged Antbird

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